1995 Italian regional elections

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1995 Italian regional elections
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Presidents and regional assemblies of Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Marche, Umbria, Lazio, Campania, Molise, Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria
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Elected Presidents:
  Centre-right coalition
  Centre-left coalition

The Italian regional elections of 1995 were held on 23 April. These regional elections were the first to be held under the provisions of the new electoral system.

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The centre-left coalition won the majority of votes in nine regions, while the centre-right coalition secured victory in only six regions.

New electoral law

A new electoral law for the ordinary Regions of Italy was adopted in February 1995, replacing the original 1970 law, with the aim of abolishing proportional representation (PR) and reducing the resulting political instability. Although 80% of seats continued to be allocated under the old PR system through provincial lists, under the new system 20% of seats were now assigned at large through block voting to the most voted coalition of parties. Formally, direct presidential elections were postponed until 2000, pending a constitutional reform. However, the leaders of the winning coalitions in the elections effectively became regional presidents.

Coalitions

After the fall of the Berlusconi I Cabinet and the collapse of the Pole of Freedoms, the Northern League ran as a single party, while a new national centre-right coalition was formed between Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia and the post-fascist National Alliance. The Christian-left Italian People's Party, on the other hand, joined the new centre-left coalition, The Olive Tree, which was consequently abandoned in protest by the far-left Communist Refoundation Party.

Overall results

Regional councils

AllianceVotes%Seats
Centre-left coalition
(The Olive Tree)		11,392,67743.28
349 / 755
Centre-right coalition
(Pole for Freedoms)		10,821,36541.11
345 / 755
Others4,110,72415,61
61 / 755
Total26,324,766100.00
755 / 755
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Presidents of the regions

RegionFormer presidentPartyElected presidentPartyAllianceDetails
Piedmont Gian Paolo Brizio PPI Enzo Ghigo FI Centre-right Details
Liguria Giancarlo Mori PPI Giancarlo Mori PPI Centre-left Details
Lombardy Paolo Arrigoni LN Roberto Formigoni FI Centre-right Details
Veneto Aldo Bottin PPI Giancarlo Galan FI Centre-right Details
Emilia Romagna Pier Luigi Bersani PDS Pier Luigi Bersani PDS Centre-left Details
Tuscany Vannino Chiti PDS Vannino Chiti PDS Centre-left Details
Umbria Claudio Carnieri PDS Bruno Bracalente PDS Centre-left Details
Marche Gaetano Recchi PSI Vito D'Ambrosio PDS Centre-left Details
Lazio Arturo Osio FdV Piero Badaloni Ind Centre-left Details
Abruzzo Vincenzo Del Colle PPI Antonio Falconio PPI Centre-left Details
Molise Giovanni Di Giandomenico PPI Marcello Veneziale PDS Centre-left Details
Campania Giovanni Grasso PPI Antonio Rastrelli AN Centre-right Details
Basilicata Antonio Boccia PPI Angelo Raffaele Dinardo PPI Centre-left Details
Apulia Giuseppe Martellotta PPI Salvatore Distaso FI Centre-right Details
Calabria Donato Veraldi PPI Giuseppe Nisticò FI Centre-right Details

Summary by region

Piedmont

PresidentRegional council Piedmont Regional Council 1995 Coalitions.svg
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Enzo Ghigo FI 1,059,60239.7 Centre-right 900,37340.933
Giuseppe Pichetto Ind 938,28035.2 Centre-left 794,77836.118
Domenico Comino LN 296,96611.1 LN 217,1949.95
Giovanni Alasia PRC 248,1589.3 PRC 203,8429.24
Others125,8704.7Others86,1033.90
Voters: 3,056,187 — Turnout: 83.0%

Lombardy

PresidentRegional council Lombardy Regional Council 1995 Coalitions.svg
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Roberto Formigoni FI 2,386,73241.07 Centre-right 2,077,22141.754
Diego Masi PS 1,591,41727.4 Centre-left 1,473,33929.619
Francesco Speroni LN 1,087,12818.7 LN 879,13917.712
Giuseppe Torri PRC 459,0517.9 PRC 381,2217.75
Others286,5034.9Others167,6493.40
Voters: 6,323,049 — Turnout: 84.2%

Veneto

PresidentRegional council Veneto Regional Council 1995 Coalitions.svg
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Giancarlo Galan FI 1,117,37738.2 Centre-right 969,09738.336
Ettore Bentsik Ind 945,75332.3 Centre-left 911,84236.018
Alberto Lembo LN 512,57817.5 LN 422,41016.79
Paolo Cacciari PRC 200,6496.9 PRC 126,5945.02
Others149,2145.1Others102,5964.00
Voters: 3,212,545 — Turnout: 85.2%

Liguria

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CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Giancarlo Mori PPI 445,34042.4 Centre-left 422,07244.027
Sergio Magliola Ind 399,40538.0 Centre-right 367,15538.214
Giuseppe Tarantino PRC 90,5508.6 PRC 76,5078.02
Giacomo Chiappori LN 68,7066.5 LN 62,7556.52
Others46,1974.4Others32,4803.30
Voters: 1,177,354 — Turnout: 79.6%

Emilia-Romagna

PresidentRegional council Regional Council of Emilia-Romagna 1995 Coalitions.svg
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Pier Luigi Bersani PDS 1,508,24153.8 Centre-left 1,464,34956.934
Gianfranco Morra FI 896,01232.0 Centre-right 792,12830.812
Renato Albertini PRC 247,4768.8 PRC 196,2747.63
Pierluigi Copercini LN 107,6283.8 LN 86,4003.41
Others43,6331.6Others33,9951.30
Voters: 3,013,350 — Turnout: 88.3%

Tuscany

PresidentRegional council Tuscany Regional Council 1995 Coalitions.svg
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Vannino Chiti PDS 1,188,99550.1 Centre-left 1,129,67252.833
Paolo Del Debbio FI 855,28736.1 Centre-right 743,85534.813
Luciano Ghelli PRC 294,12812.4 PRC 237,40511.14
Others33,8561.4Others28,2951.30
Voters: 2,582,763 — Turnout: 85.2%

Umbria

PresidentRegional council Italy Umbria Regional Council 1995 Coalitions.svg
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Bruno Bracalente PDS 331,34959.9 Centre-left 324,44362.718
Riccardo Pongelli FI 215,57039.0 Centre-right 189,03036.512
Others5,8671.1Others4,3680.80
Voters: 604,982 — Turnout: 85.6%

Marche

PresidentRegional council Italy Marche Regional Council 1995 Coalitions.svg
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Vito D'Ambrosio PDS 486,63151.6 Centre-left 454,56354.026
Stefano Bastianoni FI 367,03038.9 Centre-right 320,80538.112
Paolo Polenta PPI 60,4016.4 PPI 51,0576.12
Others29,7113.1Others15,9931.90
Voters: 1,050,546 — Turnout: 84.6%

Lazio

PresidentRegional council Lazio Regional Council 1995 Coalitions.svg
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Piero Badaloni Ind 1,582,89748.1 Centre-left 1,364,83648.737
Alberto Michelini FI 1,577,52148.0 Centre-right 1,335,25047.723
Others127,9293.9Others101,4493.60
Voters: 3,852,697 — Turnout: 81.2%

Abruzzo

PresidentRegional council Italy Abruzzo Regional Council 1995 Coalitions.svg
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Antonio Falconio PPI 381,05148.2 Centre-left 371,27251.625
Piergiorgio Landini AN 373,10147.2 Centre-right 323,96945.015
Others36,0794.6Others24,6893.40
Voters: 887,581 — Turnout: 76.7%

Molise

PresidentRegional council Italy Molise Regional Council 1995 Coalitions.svg
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Marcello Veneziale PDS 103,22650.5 Centre-left 92,51848.918
Quintino Pallante FI 101,34849.5 Centre-right 96,72651.112
Voters: 230,149 — Turnout: 72.2%

Campania

PresidentRegional council Campania Regional Council 1995 Coalitions.svg
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Antonio Rastrelli AN 1,408,46347.9 Centre-right 1,249,71346.936
Giovanni Vacca Ind 1,159,53939.3 Centre-left 1,092,57041.020
Giovanni Grasso PPI 237,1628.1 PPI 220,5578.34
Others92,8573.1Others69,6332.60
Voters: 3,408,449 — Turnout: 73.9%

Basilicata

PresidentRegional council Italy Basilicata Regional Council 1995 Coalitions.svg
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Raffaele Dinardo PPI 190,74454.9 Centre-left 190,25359.118
Giampiero Perri FI 126,80436.5 Centre-right 110,56634.410
Pietro Simonetti PRC 22,3616.4 PRC 17,1445.32
Others7,4982.2Others3,7141.20
Voters: 409,764 — Turnout: 78.6%

Apulia

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CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Salvatore Distaso FI 1,071,18649.8 Centre-right 927,95947.538
Luigi Ferrara Mirenzi PDS 986,78245.9 Centre-left 956,61949.025
Others93,6164.3Others68,2823.50
Voters: 2,522,135 — Turnout: 75.7%

Calabria

PresidentRegional council Italy Calabria Regional Council 1995 Coalitions.svg
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Giuseppe Nisticò FI 456,54544.1 Centre-right 417,06845.025
Donato Tommaso Veraldi PPI 392,22737.9 Centre-left 349,55137.813
Pasquino Crupi PRC 98,7429.5 PRC 80,8518.73
Roberto Cangiamila PRI 35,6103.4 PRI 34,8653.81
Others53,1235.1Others43,6304.70
Voters: 1,215,634 — Turnout: 68.6%
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